The Ghost of Napoleon |
Contents
PROLOGUE page | 11 |
PROJECTIONTHE MOVEMENT THAT CREATED | 51 |
DISTORTIONTHE SYSTEM THAT WRECKED | 101 |
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absolute war adaptability advantage allies American Civil War armed artillery attack Austrians battle became Bonaparte Bourcet British Army Broglie's campaigns cause cavalry century later Clausewitz columns command concentration corps created critical decisive detachment developed dispersion distraction divisions Dora Riparia effect eighteenth century enemy enemy's Europe fact Feuquières fight fire flank Foch Folard force formations France Frederick French army guerre Guibert ideas influence inspiration Jomini legion lesson light infantry Maillebois maniples manœuvre mass means merely method military thought mind mobility modern move musketeers Napo Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte nature numbers oblique order offensive officers opponents organized paign phalanx pikemen Polybius position practice prophetic proved Prussian pupils rear Revolution Roman Saxe Saxe's Seven Years War skirmishers soldier Spanish Staff College strategy success superior surprise tactical tactical method teaching Teil Teil's theory tion troops true victory warfare weapons